Barriers have been set up in the street and parking suspension signs put up outside the private maternity ward at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, central London

By Sam Christie

9th April 2018, 10:52 am

Updated: 23rd April 2018, 6:03 pm

PREPARATIONS are now underway for the hotly anticipated royal birth as St Mary's Hospital seals off the road leading to the Lindo Wing where Kate Middleton will give birth to her third baby.

Now the Duchess of Cambridge has carried out her final royal engagement and is officially on maternity leave anticipation is building - as parking suspension signs and barriers go up outside the Lindo Wing.

GRUESOME FIND

Kate's last royal engagement was in March at the Olympic Park with her husband.

She was also seen at Windsor church on Easter Sunday.

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